A R T I C L E : Luigi Zuccante and photography

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LUIGI ZUCCANTE, Italian photo artist (his father's family came from Grancona (Vicenza) and his mother's - Concetta Della Torre and Aldo Ruttani), Tréviso - Venezia), is currently settled in Toulouse (the South West of France). His reputation is well-established thanks to his photo exhibitions held in France and abroad. In 1978 his photos were selected by "Centre Georges Pompidou" to be a part of “The town and the child” exhibition.

All his works are in charged by Terres du Monde (www.terresdumonde.info)

This artist is well known as laureate of several prizes. He was one of the prize winners for the photography book "A day in France" (Hachette publisher). His talent was also awarded first prize for a colour photo competition organized by "Conseil Général" of Tarn-et-Garonne. For him, photography is not only a means of expression but also a means to heal the soul, which is called phototherapy. The quality of his research on photography is substantiated by his university publications and by his Ph.D degree in this domain.

Afterthat, Luigi has assimilated painting into his art and he is in search of pictorial means of expression's balance. This research will be the theme of his book. Besides, L.Zuccante is an author : he has published a philosophical short story “Peppino's travel” with Naaman pubisher in Canada. His latest novels (Théo file au Sud, Théo à Tokyo) have been published by Chanpiwat Editions (http://www.terresdumonde.info/chanpiwattheo.htm). He also works for “Itinéraires Edition” and edited some writers'works such as Georges Teindas's , Catherine Maury's, Emmanuel Gerlin's, Philippe Paternolli's, Peter Brank's.

You can contact him by e-mail at zuccante@wanadoo.fr. To visit his picture gallery, go to “Photograhes”, and then, click “Photographies par thèmes” (pictures by theme).

 

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